Celebrate Cascadia Poetics Lab on Giving Tuesday!

Celebrate CPL on Giving Tuesday Dec. 3! We thank all participants and attendees at the recent 8th Cascadia Poetry Festival. We hope to stage this at the Hugo House annually for years to come. Videos and photos from the festival will be shared on the Cascadia Poetics...

Poetry Postcard Certificates!

Share your postcard poems for a PPF certificate!  Thank you so much to every postcard poet that has already shared their postcard art and poems! Postcard poets that share 3 images of their postcard art with the accompanying poems get a certificate as a thank you for...

Rest in Poetry Richard Osler

Postcard poet Richard Osler died last night. Huge thanks to all postcard poets who wrote & sent a postcard poem to this fine human and poet. He accepted death like no one I have ever known. A book, his last love letter to life entitled What Holiness Will I Bring,...

A PPF Fall Letter from Ina

From PPF committee member Ina Roy-Faderman: At the start of every autumn, I process my summer’s poetry postcard infusion. This year’s Fest was really weird for me. I was living in a tiny apartment across the country from my home and my mail. The postcards I was...

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Your Poetry Postcard Fest Blurb Here

Your Poetry Postcard Fest Blurb Here

A quick note that registration for Poetry Postcard Fest 2020 ends July 18. (SIGN UP HERE!) As your Poetry Postcard Fest team works to make the fest more diverse and more popular, we'd love to tap...

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Can Poetry Heal

Can Poetry Heal

Group 11 filled up yesterday and got their list. Group 12 has several registrants and Poetry Postcard Fest registration continues until July 18. Can poetry heal is the question posed by Diana Raab:...

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Rattle 68 Poetry Postcard Edition`

Rattle 68 Poetry Postcard Edition`

I'm delighted to have a poem in the latest edition of Rattle #68 (June 2020) as well as an interview which touches on Poetry Postcard Fest. Tim Green did a first-rate job on the interview and the...

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Postcard Fest Orientation

Postcard Fest Orientation

The 16th Poetry Postcard Fest begins July 4, 2022! Have you REGISTERED yet? At the Epic Post-Fest Prompt workshop there were some folks looking for a basic orientation. We did one in 2021 which is...

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Postcard Fest F.A.Q. + More Festimonials

Registration for the 2022 Poetry Postcard Fest Ends July 4!!! In 2015 we wrote a Poetry Postcard Fest FAQ which started like this: 1. Can I start now or do I have to wait until August? By all means...

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More Amazing Festimonials!

More Amazing Festimonials!

When we asked for testimonials from Poetry Postcard Fest participants, we never expected to be inundated. Check this: Elizabeth Maxey: This will be my 11th year with the fest, and I can’t imagine a...

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